Established in 1998 in memory of Jeffrey Black (A/S ‘69) by his friend Terrence Perris
(A/S ‘69), parents Arthur and Virginia Black, brother Curtis Black and his wife Marilyn,
and others. Jeffrey Black was director of aquatic toxicology at EA Laboratories in
Sparks, Md. This scholarship is awarded to a full-time student majoring in Environmental Sciences,
or pursuing an environmental science-related academic track. The recipient must have
an overall GPA of at least 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in the major. They must be
either a sophomore entering the junior year, or a junior entering the senior year.
The recipient must continue for Academic Year following the award as a full time student
making progress toward a degree offered by this Department of Environmental Sciences.

Mr. Brigham, who died in 1967, was a partner in the Toledo engineering firm of Sanzenbacher,
Miller and Brigham, as well as in Caltech, one of the area’s first computer consulting
firms. He and Mrs. Brigham, who died in 1996, both attended (but did not graduate
from) UT. This scholarship was established by Sister Barbara Brigham of the Medical
Mission Sisters (Philadelphia) in memory of her parents. In particular, her father
was able to have a higher education because of the generosity of an uncle. Sister
Brigham wished to create this scholarship in that spirit. Recipients must be science
majors; scholarships alternate alphabetically every year among the science departments.

John (B.S. ’67; M.S. ’69, Biology) and Ester Capobianco established the Joseph A.
and Mary A. Capobianco Memorial Scholarship in honor of Mr. Capobianco’s parents.
Joseph Capobianco (1899-1979) and Mary (Vespa) Capobianco (1900-2001) immigrated to
the U.S. from Italy. They came from a poor farming community with only an elementary
education background. When they arrived in the U.S, they realized that the pathway
for success was through education. Thus, they impressed upon their children that
in this country there are no limits in pursuing your goals and that education was
the key available to everyone. The scholarship will provide support for students
in the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biological Sciences and Environmental
Sciences.

Dr. Peter Fraleigh, a retired University of Toledo professor of aquatic ecology, dedicated
much of his life towards realizing the dream of restoring fishable and swimmable waters
in Lake Erie since he joined the UT faculty in 1972. As one of the founders of the
Maumee Bay Watershed Project, he enabled hundreds of students to experience water
sampling firsthand and learn how these results are valuable in improving water quality
in the Maumee River watershed. Dr. Fraleigh also was instrumental in the success of
the Maumee Remedial Action Plan, where he played a key role in devising goals and
strategies to ultimately restore the Maumee River Area of Concern. In 1999, an unnamed
tributary to the Ottawa River was named after Dr. Fraleigh in honor of his lifelong
work and determination to improve the quality of life for all people in northwest
Ohio.

Established in 2005 by Dr. Elliot Tramer, UT professor emeritus of biology and director
of environmental sciences. Income from this fund supports scholarships for full-time
environmental science majors, based on academic achievement.

The family of former UT professor Cletus V. Wolfe established the C. V. Wolfe Scholarship
fund to provide scholarships for students in the departments of History, Natural Sciences
and Theatre, and in the College of Law. The scholarship awards are based on financial
need and high academic promise. Mr. Wolfe was a former high school principal, and
instructor of government and constitutional law at UT in the 1920’s. He also served
as a University trustee and chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee for six years.
Mr. Wolfe practiced law in the firms of Wolfe & Seeley and Seeley, Wolfe & Rodgers.
He later became a prominent businessman, as president of the Western Ohio Corp. (formerly
First Toledo Corp.) and founder of the Lima Lumber Co. Mr. Wolfe died in 1967, and
his wife Vera died in 1991. The scholarship fund was established by their son Frederic
(Fritz) Wolfe, of Perrysburg; daughters Helen Minck, Marilyn Allison, and Martha Farmer,
all of Lima. Fritz Wolfe says the endowed scholarship fund seemed the right tribute
to his father. “Our family was academically oriented. Education was high on his list
of priorities, and he was especially interested in the University of Toledo,” he says.
“We decided that establishing a memorial fund that would support student scholarships
was very appropriate.”